CVE-2016-4482
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.2 · Information disclosure
6.2CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114eeAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html